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The Boeing 757 is one of the most iconic planes ever produced, but with production ending in 2004, its days may be numbered. United Airlines, the type’s second-largest operator, plans to retire the aircraft from its fleet by 2026, after already retiring a significant portion of its original fleet. Leaving the question of why United Airlines decided to hang on to such an old aircraft for so long. Currently, United’s 757 fleet consists of 40 757-200 aircraft and 21 of the longer 757-300 variant. These aircraft have an average age of 26.9 years, with the aircraft’s retirement planned as early…

Anduril and EDGE will collaborate on Omen, a hybrid-powered, tailsitter UAS which aims to deliver long endurance and high payload in a compact, runway-free platform. Anduril Industries and UAE state-owned EDGE Group have announced a production alliance to field Omen, a new hover-to-cruise, runway-independent Autonomous Air Vehicle (AAV) that the partners say combines the endurance and payload of much larger aircraft with the logistics simplicity of a compact Group-3 platform. The announcement, formalized in the EDGE–Anduril Production Alliance, includes an initial UAE purchase of 50 systems and a plan to take the aircraft into full-rate production by the end of…

LOT Polish Airlines has just announced its newest route to the United States, and it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. LOT Polish Airlines will fly to SFO as of May 2026 As of May 6, 2026, LOT Polish Airlines will launch 4x weekly, summer seasonal flights between Warsaw (WAW) and San Francisco (SFO). The flight will operate with the following schedule on Thursdays and Sundays: LO35 Warsaw to San Francisco departing 11:15AM arriving 1:50PMLO36 San Francisco to Warsaw departing 3:50PM arriving 12:05PM (+1 day) Then the flight will operate with the following schedule on Wednesdays and Saturdays: LO35…

Does the Northrop/McDonnell Douglas YF-23 “Black Window II” demonstrator built for the US Air Force’s Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) competition still haunt the Air Force? No, not really, but that doesn’t mean its tale is finished. There are many sound reasons why the United States Air Force selected the Lockheed Martin YF-22, which would go on to be the F-22 Raptor. While these decisions made sense at the time, many enthusiasts contend that the competition was stolen from Northrop and that the YF-23 should have been the basis for the air dominance fighter jet. The story of the YF-23 continues,…

Finnair unveiled the launch of seven new European destinations during its Capital Markets Update on November 13, 2025.  Starting from the summer season of 2026, the Finnish flag carrier will connect its Helsinki (HEL) hub to Kuressaare (URE), Estonia, Luxembourg (LUX), Stavanger (SVG), Norway, Thessaloniki /SKG), Greece, Tirana (TIA), Albania, Turin (TRN), and Umeå (UME), in northern Sweden.  These new routes are additional to the five destinations previously announced by the airline earlier in 2025: Alta (ALF), Norway, Catania (CTA) and Florence (FLR) in Italy, the Greek island of Kos (KGS) and Valencia (VLC), Spain.  In addition to its hub-and-spoke…

PARIS — The Nordic and Baltic countries are teaming up to pay for a $500 million United States military support package of weapons and munitions for Ukraine, they said on Thursday.Norway will contribute the lion’s share at 2 billion Norwegian kroner, or about $200 million, while Sweden will provide $60 million and Denmark around 400 million Danish kroner ($53 million) in funding, the countries said in separate statements.U.S. President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in July announced a financial arrangement called the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List to provide military aid to Ukraine. Through the initiative, NATO allies…

We’re so used to airline loyalty programs offering special perks for those who fly (or spend) with the airline a certain amount every year. However, airlines rarely reward those who consistently fly the airline over the years, but not enough to qualify for elite status. Along those lines, Virgin Atlantic’s Flying Club loyalty program has just introduced what I’d consider to be an innovative reward, which we haven’t seen before from any airline. Virgin Atlantic’s innovative “High Five” loyalty perk Virgin Atlantic Flying Club has unveiled “High Five,” a perk that recognizes those Flying Club members who come back to…

What are the world’s most comfortable business seats and services? Readers who have experience flying business class are likely to have their own list of favorites, but, often, passengers are confused about why some airlines make the top of the lists, as their experience flying with those airlines did not meet their expectations. While acknowledging that, this article will focus on the top-ranked airlines for business class according to Skytrax. Skytrax’s ‘World’s Best Business Class Airlines 2025’ report is based on its global customer satisfaction survey, where millions of passengers vote for their preferred airline. The awards consider factors like…

Wizz Air saw its operating profit rise by 25.8% in the first six months of the financial year, increasing from €349.2 million ($405.6 million) in 2024 to €439.2 ($510.3 million) in 2025.  According to József Váradi, CEO of Wizz Air, between April and September 2025, the airline “made a number of significant business decisions” to support its longer-term strategic objectives.  These included closing the Wizz Air Abu Dhabi base on September 1, 2025, and initiating the closure of its Vienna base, which is expected to be completed by March 2026.  “These actions reflect our pivot away from high-cost locations to…

It’s quite a transformative time for Alaska Air Group, as the company acquired Hawaiian Airlines, and is turning Seattle-Tacoma into a global hub, with plans to launch a dozen long haul routes by 2030. We’ve recently seen the airline add flights to Tokyo Narita (NRT) and to Seoul Incheon (ICN). In June 2025, the airline announced its first route to Europe, and there’s now an update, as the exact details about the new service have been announced, and the flight will go on sale shortly. Alaska adding Seattle to Rome flights as of April 2026 As of April 28, 2026, Alaska Airlines will…